Improvement in billiard-bridges



P. E. DOUGHTY.

Billiard-Bridge.

No. 196,568 Patented Oct. 30, 1877.

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FRANK E. DOUGHTY,

PATENT QFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BlLLlARD-BRIDGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,568, dated October30, 1877 application filed August 24, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. DOUGHTY, of New York city, in the countyand State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Billiard-Bridge,of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a sectional endelevation of my improved billiard-bridge, and Fig. 2 a side elevation ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The obj ect'of this invention is to furnish for billiard-players animproved bridge, by which the one may be supported in any desiredposition above the bridge with great facility by the mere turning of thehandle of the bridge; and the invention consists of a billiard-bridgehaving a central vertically sliding and guided cue-rest, that is raisedor lowered by a pinion connected to the end of the bridge-handle, andintermeshing with an interior rack of the sliding rest.

In the drawing, A represents a billiardbridge that is provided with acentral vertically sliding and guided cue-rest, B, and with fixed siderests B. The cue-rest B slides, by

a slotted shank-piece, in a guide-recess of the bridge, and is adjustedto any suitable height above the same, as required by the player, bymeans of a pinion, O, that is attached by a screw-shaft to the end ofthe bridge-handle E, and arranged to intermesh with an internal rack, D,of the shank part of the cuerest.

The pinion O is revolved in either direction by merely turning thehandle, and thereby the cue-rest is raised or lowered in the bridgeuntil the one is in the position required by the player. Thebilliard-bridge serves, by this simple and conveniently-operated rest,for the nicer adjustment of the cue, and is thereby of greater utilityto billiard-players than the present bridge.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a billiard-bridge, of a vertically-adjustablecue-rest, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a billiard-bridge, of a vertically sliding andguided cue-rest, adjusted by the turning of the bridge-handle,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of the billiard-bridge with the guided and slidingcue-rest, and with adjusting-gear operated by the bridge-handle,substantially as specified.

4.. The combination of the billiard-bridge, having guide-recess, withadjustable cue-rest, having slotted shank with internal rack, and withintermeshing pinion at end of bridgehandle, to raise or lower cue-restby turning of said handle, substantially as described.

FRANK E. DOUGHTY.

- Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, JAMES H. HUNTER.

